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At SMX Advanced 2011, Matt Cutts announced the Google initiative to begin attributing content to original authors. Since that time, the process in which authors and websites attribute content to authors has evolved. A lot. Many times over, in fact. If you’ve heard about Google authorship markup,... Please visit Search...

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People ordering Apple's new iPad online face a four-day delay due to overwhelming demand for the devicePeople pre-ordering Apple's new iPad online to avoid the release-day crowds at stores will have to wait longer to get their hands on the devices.Apple says that due to high demand, it has been...

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Google announced on the Google Webmaster Central blog that they are now adding video support for schema.org. They are doing this in combination with Microsoft Bing and Yahoo Search as a “joint effort.” Google says using the schema.org video markup is the “recommended way to... Please visit Search Engine Land...

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Pears is a brilliant WordPress theme created by SimpleBits, the creative studio of Dan Cederholm who is also responsible for Dribble (think show and tell for designers). The theme allows anyone to collect, test and experiment with interface pattern pairings of CSS and HTML. If you’re not an interface designer, don’t feel bad if you...

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In previous posts in this column, I’ve covered the intricacies of multinational search from a technical SEO’s standpoint. Leveraging multinational markup while clearing up in-site duplicate content and avoiding multinational homepage calamities is no easy matter to coordinate for big... Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article....

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WYSIHTML5, cleverly named after the well known acronym for what you see is what you get (WYSIWYG), is an open source rich text editor based on HTML5 and the progressive-enhancement approach. Functionally, at first look, this editor behaves just as a standard WYSIWYG would, but WYSIHTML5 packs a distinct set of sophisticated features that let it...

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I've been hearing for a few months now that the staffers on the House Judiciary Committee, who were the main supporters of SOPA, haven't been able to let go of what happened (or even understand it). That's been pretty obvious from the few public statements they've made since SOPA failed....

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After catching a note about the wiki for SXSW being edited with Hackpad, I thought it might be worth a look. Then I caught the tagline, "best wiki ever." Well, that's a bold statement. Then I noticed that Tomboy creator Alex Graveley was part of the team behind it and...

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The HTML5 Boilerplate has been around for quite a while now. In fact, it has a history with more than three years of iterative development. Just this past week, the HTML/CSS/JS template hit version 3.0 and is smaller and more useful than ever. For those not in the developer circle, a boilerplate is simply an easy...

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Codecademy, the startup offering online lessons and tools to help people learn how to code, is adding Python to its lesson line-up starting today. Until now, co-founder Zach Sims says Codecademy has “been focused on client-side languages and markup – javascript, HTML, and CSS.” Starting today, you’ll be able to...

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We've got good news and bad news in equal measure for those pining after a Nexus 7 of their very own. If you're reluctant to spend that much hard-earned cash at the Google Play Store, Google's senior VP of mobile Andy Rubin has hinted to AllThingsD that the ASUS-made...

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News updates all day from Fast Company.Uber, still technically a startup despite its fast-growing international standing, has revealed that from this Wednesday it'll be launching a cheaper taxi car option that connects its users to hybrid vehicles instead of the usual more luxurious black town cars. The new hybrid solution...

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Yesterday, we wrote about how Lamar Smith was rushing through a new bill that looked to approve a piece of SOPA that would spend taxpayer money to expand the diplomatic corp with a bunch of people whose job it would be to spread Hollywood's special copyright interests around the globe......

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Exotic vacation destinations provide rich source material for photographers, and yet they are also often places where people are in real need. That’s a situation new Berlin startup Photocircle is trying to help improve — by providing a deeper link between the two worlds. It’s a very simple idea: If...

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I’m a big music fan, so I spend a lot of time searching for music bands and artists. When I hear a new song or a friend tells me about an artist I should check out, I search to watch their music videos, find out recent news about them, and...

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Last week, we were among the first to call attention to the fact that Lamar Smith and the House Judiciary Committee were seeking to rush through an IP-related bill which was similar to a small part of SOPA. We noted at the time that this was a much smaller issue...

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3G and 4G tablets haven’t exactly been hot sellers since their introduction two years ago. Driven by the big markup for the extra radios as well as the cost of the mobile data plans, customers are gravitating to Wi-Fi-only iPads and Android tablets. Still, some of you may find...

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Let’s say that you’re searching for Bon Iver on Google. First off, I won’t hold that against you. But wouldn’t it be handy if Google would just tell you Bon Iver concert dates? Now, according to a blog post from the company, it will. At least if you’re searching in...

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Yesterday, Adobe released Adobe Shadow, a brand new tool for web developers to test out their work instantly on multiple devices. Simply download the app on your devices and install the Chrome browser plugin on your main computer. After connecting each device via your WiFi network with a passcode, your every...

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We are headed towards Durham right now in the TCMobile but we have some very urgent news: the event will be held down the street from Tyler’s at the American Tobacco Event Space called Bay 7. Bay 7 is two doors down from Tyler’s. You can RSVP here and we...

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Remember last week, when we told you to learn to code? Mozilla agrees, and it's launching an effort to make that process easier for everyone. Mozilla Webmaker is a new project meant to "help the world make the web" with the aid of major partners like Tumblr, Creative Commons,...

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"Affordable": AT&T has updated their international travel data plans (following Verizon doing the same thing). On the surface, it’s a good move, the new packages are certainly a better bang-for-the-buck. But let’s be real: they’re still a colossal rip-off. 120MB of data from $30 a month? 800MB for $120 a month? They’re...

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3G and 4G tablets haven’t exactly been hot sellers since their introduction two years ago. Driven by the big markup for the extra radios as well as the cost of the mobile data plans, customers are gravitating to WiFi-only iPads and Android tablets. Still, some of you may find...

www.engadget.com

Google may stir controversy from time to time, but you can't deny it's one of the better provider of virtual tools that help make your life a bit easier. In this case, the Big G's bringing along some concert listings to its world renowned search engine. All you've got...

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What began as an experiment 10 months ago is now showing up in nearly one of every five Google search results. I’m talking about authorship — Google’s use of the rel=author markup to identify content creators next to their content. A new SearchMetrics study published this week... Please visit Search...

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If reports from Taiwan are to be believed, hardware manufacturers are struggling to create Windows 8 on ARM (Windows RT) devices that are competitively priced against Apple’s iPad and Amazon’s Kindle Fire. The reason? According to Digitimes, OEMs have to pay Microsoft $90-100 for a Windows 8 license.While that $90-100...

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The Knowledge Graph is the latest in a series of efforts in which Google has adopted technology from the semantic web aka the “Giant Global Graph” envisioned by Tim Berners-Lee. For those retailers who haven’t yet adopted schema.org microdata, Good Relations RDFa and other structured markup... Please visit Search Engine...

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The BBC has a great short video feature looking at Odd Future, the massively popular (and equally controversial) rap collective, and their merchandise-focused approach to the music business. Odd Future has always been an interesting case study in music: their graphic content prevents them from getting much radio play, their...

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FCC markup: The House Energy and Commerce committee will begin markup on three bills Monday, including the two aimed at reforming processes at the Federal Communications Commission. The bills, which Republicans say will improve transparency and accountability at the FCC, would restrict the kinds of conditions the agency can...